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  1. Think the loss is on Brian Kelly. Goofy play calling in red zone after a whole season of red zone ineptitude. Non-reaction to FSU block schemes second half. Overall questionable game management. Frittered away a strong defensive first half. Floyd disappearing after getting popped second half didn't help, but Kelly has to step up and say "I blew it".
  2. Speaks a lot to the 18-point streak by FSU. Champs Sports Bowl could have sold ND some more tickets, because they, like many others, watched the Seminole comeback.
  3. I am not sure the defense did so great. They looked like the Dallas Cowboys Doomsday Defense in the first half, overpowering the freshmen dominated FSU offensive line. Second half, the pass rush disappeared. Did the FSU offensive line come out in barbed wire in the second half? Fisher outfoxed Kelly, as much as anything. Where was the pass rush on Manuel second half?
  4. Brian Kelly should focus less at screaming at his quarterbacks on the sidelines and finding a pass rush that can handle freshmen offensive linemen, and corners who can cover somebody. Sadly for Notre Dame, a very typical 2011 collapse. Finish the deal for once Kelly. You had FSU pinned down late inside their own three, got a gift pernalty to ehance your last time with the ball, and gagged again. Red zone efficiency for ND this year was pretty sad and it cost them 2-3 wins, and BCS ranking.:taz:
  5. On radio, sounded like Lewis County's defense took away things Russell is normally successful doing (ball control), and Russell turned the ball over four times.
  6. Can't put the ball on the ground four times and expect to beat anybody. This game was headed toward 'classic' status. Taut, rivalry tinged competition. Close, with both teams compiling time consuming drives. Turnovers marred one team's night. Turnovers changed the complexion of the game.
  7. If Notre Dame's 'pass defense' hadn't regressed to a junior high level of play in either of Michigan's last two times with the ball, most likely a different ending. Amused by Herbstreit's observation that Dennard Robinson intentionally threw a ball short into the end zone so the receiver could reach back and get it. Looked like a lollipop the ND DB never saw, and the receiver adjusted back to the ball. The praiseful rhetoric was oozing out of the television. The defense, as has been noted earlier, got worse for both teams the longer the game went on. 0-2 Notre Dame may struggle to reach .500 level this season, if they don't stop giving up the ball on turnovers, short circuiting their 500+ yards of offense per game productivity.
  8. Reds were only slightly better than I predicted on this road trip: 2-5 (I had said 1-6). Where do you start? Where is the heart? Where is someone stepping up and saying 'Enough already!'? When is someone going to tell Fransisco Cordero to take a lonnngggg vacation? Cincinnati, with it's talent and blend of veterans and experience, is embarrassing itself. When will the Reds start unloading payroll? When does the front office face the reality that this team as is, is stepping all over itself? As the 'Hall of Famer' said on last night's broadcast (prior to the 10th inning), that 'this team (Reds) can't get out of it's own way'. To be out of contention in the lame NL Central Division, at midseason, you have to be Cubs-Astros bad. How close are the Reds to that, with the wonderful taste in your mouth you get to enjoy as a Reds fan over the All Star Break?
  9. See a 1-6 pre-All Star Break road trip for the beleaguered Redlegs. Tuesday night shelling in St. Louis is a reality stick in the eye. They're just not very good now, nor have they been the first 87 games. Aren't they something like 3-23 in games in which they score three or less runs? Think they're still hung over from 2010 playoff blitz by the Phillies. They have not recovered. And Arroyo is going to be a stopper vs. Cards on Wednesday? Sheeeeesh!
  10. Earlier, observation made that virtually all schools at one time or another enjoy whatever benefits come about from transfers. Truth is, all transfers are not based on paradigm shifts in team power. Every once in awhile, there are probably some legitimate reasons for transfers. The combination of players on the floor for the 16th Region Championship game put on quite a show, by all accounts (in person; broadcast; written; etc.). Congrats to the winners and hope they represent the 16th with class and pride in the Sweet Sixteen!
  11. Postgame media keeps hammering away about 'the transfer' to Rowan County and that 'they don't win it without him'. Doubt seriously if the runner up team in the 16th Region makes it to to the Finals without the same kind of good fortune that can befall teams who end up having exceptional seasons.
  12. As legendary as Dick Enberg is as a sports announcer, and like many others here, I have watched and listened to him for a long time (yep, remember 'Sports Challenge' back in the day), doesn't CBS Sports have newer, established talent to play these roles? Is only Jim Nantz available for big game broadcasts? Aren't there any thirty or forty somethings who are primed to create their own notoriety? Same goes for Al Michaels and Brent Musberger... greats in their time, still pretty good, but creeping toward 'long in the tooth' status.
  13. 1975 wasn't too shabby. Youngsters Jack Givens; Mike Phillips; and Rick Robey. Bruiser Bob Guyette. Role player Mike Flynn. Veteran playmaker Jimmy Dan Conner. Sharpshooter Kevin Grevey and defensive ace Larry Johnson. Beat nearly unbeatable Indiana in the Mideast Regional Final. Lost to UCLA in Finals when John Wooden announced his retirement prior to the game.
  14. Did Huggins outfox Calipari with the 1-3-1 zone?
  15. Hoped things would turn out different for Patrick Patterson. After two kind of lost seasons, getting this far was tantalizing for Patterson's career as a Wildcat. Thanks, 5-4.
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